The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 649
Kong Jie's old southward plan is still going on.

The first, second, and third regiments went south during the day, approaching the Zhongtiao Mountain area, and carried out certain harassment operations against the Japanese 47th and 41st Divisions stationed in southern Shanxi.

At night, the troops will return to the base area under the cover of night, and continue southward the next day, so as to repeatedly confuse the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was indeed dumbfounded.

Completely lost judgment.

Yoshio Shinozuka questioned the headquarters of the 47th and 41st divisions on the phone, what is the security work for.

How did a large number of troops from the Eighth Route Army successfully infiltrate Zhongtiao Mountain?

The heads of the two devil divisions looked depressed. The security forces from all walks of life obviously did not receive any breakthrough from the Eighth Route Army troops.

It's just that there are occasional eight-way harassment and sneak attacks.

So the devil's staff suggested that it was very likely that the independent regiment was pretending to go south to distract the imperial troops and confuse everyone.

It is also true that some troops from the Independent Regiment have successfully broken through and entered the Zhongtiao Mountain area.

The Japanese army did not dare to gamble, let alone sit and watch the Zhongtiaoshan area evolve into the Taihang base again, which caused them headaches.

Therefore, the 47th Division of the Japanese army originally stationed in Yuncheng and the 41st Division of Linfen did not dare to move at all for the time being.

The Japanese Army Command even considered whether to transfer troops from other places to maintain the security and stability of Zhongtiao Mountain and encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army guerrilla troops in Zhongtiao Mountain.

The diversion of the Japanese army's attention, coupled with the fact that the two master regiments stationed in southern Shanxi were completely restrained in southern Shanxi.

The pressure on Japan in the Taihang and Taiyue base areas was greatly reduced.

In addition, the Japanese army was defeated by the first detachment.

Under multiple factors, Taihang, Taiyue and other base areas have ushered in a short period of relatively stable development.

At the same time, the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army troops, including the Jinsui Army troops, at this time, apart from the confrontation with each other, a large part of the focus of the three parties was on the internal disaster response.

As early as the beginning of April [-], the drought centered in Henan has gradually spread in all directions.

By August, the drought in Henan had become quite severe. Dozens of counties were affected, and the harvest of farmland was less than half of what it used to be, or even no crops.

There are mourners everywhere, and the people are in dire straits.

Drought doesn't matter whether you are in the Kuomintang-controlled area or the enemy-occupied area, and it doesn't matter if you are a little devil or a unit of the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army. Once it spreads, no area and no people will be spared.

Mixed with the suffering that war has brought to the general public.

It is true that misfortunes never come singly, natural disasters and man-made disasters rushed together.

In major counties such as Taiyuan, Yangquan, Shouyang, and Ping'an, the Japanese army was equally busy.

The little devil also understands the truth that you can't do a one-shot deal, and you can fish in a dry marsh.

Although there are exorbitant taxes and various exploitations on weekdays, I also hope that the Chinese people at the bottom can farm and work honestly, maintain the production of resources, and supply the Japanese troops to continue their aggression.

For this reason, the devils even distributed some fertilizer powder and farm tools to the farmers who were farming.

In the face of this increasingly serious drought, the Japanese army with a soft policy, although Sima Zhaozhi's heart is well known to everyone, still pretends to be vigorously publicized:

He, the Empire of Japan, will definitely help the general public in the security area to tide over this difficulty.

While promoting himself, the little devil did not forget to criticize his opponent, the Eighth Route Army.

There are groundless words like "Balu doesn't care about the life and death of the people, and only wants to feed themselves", "Balu has no ability to help the victims at all, and even they themselves can't sustain themselves".

But on the side of the Jinsui Army, even Chief Yan, who was defeated in the battle, began to use public opinion to buy people's hearts.

He said that in the face of this disaster, he Jinsui Army will definitely stand with the general public to cope with difficulties and tide over difficulties.

For this reason, the Jinsui Army even stated to the outside world that it can accept foreign refugees to solve the problems of food, accommodation, and clothing for them.

In order to become the victor of public opinion and win the hearts of the people, Chief Yan is more realistic this time.

As expected, the various ministries of the Jinsui Army began to accept some local and foreign refugees.

This has played a positive role in controlling the spread of the disaster.

Detachment Command.

After the Ministry of Enemy Industry delivered the news, Kong Jie held a military meeting at the headquarters.

At the meeting, the cadres were all filled with righteous indignation.

Second Regiment Leader Wang Leihu scolded: "Regiment Leader, these little devils are not a thing, the streets and alleys in the occupied area are all posted with public opinion about how they will help the victims.

But in turn, they scolded us for not helping the victims and only caring about ourselves.

Isn't this something created out of nothing!

We have already started to help and resettle some local and foreign disaster victims. Up to now, our detachment has received more than [-] refugees. What did we say? "

Shen Quan said: "The Jinsui Army has also taken in some victims these days. The number is not many, but the publicity has been done well. I'm afraid others will not know about it."

"Obviously, they are all thinking of creating public opinion, adding credit to themselves, and discrediting our Eighth Route Army by the way!" Political commissar Li Wenjie expressed his views to the point.

Kong Jie said: "Comrades, it's not just once or twice that we have been splashed with dirty water. Soldiers come to block, and water comes to cover it up."

"Nowadays, wars are everywhere, and people live in an extremely unstable and insecure life. Under such circumstances, once someone stirs up public opinion, it is easy to paralyze the people. This is unavoidable."

"In terms of anti-Japanese propaganda, propaganda in the base areas, and propaganda for our Eighth Route Army troops, we have never fallen behind."

"Let's not talk about it, the dirty water that the devils poured on us will never be believed by the people in our base area and the surrounding guerrilla areas."

"However, we can't have no bottom line like the little devil, just do public opinion propaganda, and don't do real things."

"Helping the people tide over the difficulties, resettling the disaster victims, and helping the people are not just words, but practical actions."

Speaking of this, Captain Kong smiled brightly.

"To be honest, no matter what kind of public opinion the devils create and what kind of dirty water they throw at us, if they can really do something real, they can resettle all the victims in the occupied area, including other places, so that the victims can have food. As for being hungry, it doesn’t matter if we take the blame.”

"Facts and time will clear everything up."

"If the little devil doesn't have the determination and ability to deal with this disaster, and doesn't put the reality in place, no matter how nice the lie is, it will be exposed sooner or later."

"Whether this devil and the Jinsui army will shoot themselves in the foot by then, who knows?"

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan agreed: "Old Kong is right, these years have been plagued by disasters and wars, coupled with the vigorous consumption of the devil's army, the little devil's resources have long been unsustainable.

The people in the county are heavily exploited, and the economic situation may not be much better than our base area.

As far as the family background of the Japanese army is concerned, and they are not really for our compatriots, if they can really deal with the disaster well, then they will be damned. "

Li Wenjie also smiled and said: "Commander, according to what you said, the way to deal with the public opinion of the Japanese army and the Jinsui army is also very simple. Let's stay the same and see if they can stabilize the disaster situation." , resettle the victims, and put the blown cows into reality!"

"In addition, we still do our job earnestly to help the people tide over the difficulties. If the so-called propaganda is proved by actual actions, no one can shake it."

The cadres nodded after hearing this.

Kong Jie added with a smile: "Wen Jie's method is very practical, I think this is the way to go."

"In addition, the work of purchasing from enemy-occupied areas and Kuomintang-controlled areas can help some compatriots who have been resettled properly."

"After entering the city, there is no need to do much publicity. If you see some refugees who cannot survive, tell them to come to the base of our first detachment."

"The Japanese army and the Jinsui army swollen their faces to make them fat, but we can't let the compatriots at the bottom die because of their stupidity."

"Yes!" The cadres responded in unison.

Then, the meeting discussed in detail the plan for the first detachment to expand its capacity and continue to receive more refugees.

Under the principle of "demographic dividend" proposed by Kong Jie.

In the end, after specific analysis by the cadres, the current base areas opened up by the regiments of the first detachment, plus the vast land in the guerrilla zone, have also stepped up reclamation efforts to plant crops, including the disaster-bearing capacity of each village.

All calculated together, taking into account the development of the troops and the situation of fighting the Japanese army, keeping the entire base area stable and continuing to prosper.

The first detachment can receive more than [-] refugees in total.

If the external environment is relatively stable, the Japanese army will not invade Gengdi, and if Gengdi can be given about half a year to develop and consolidate, the first detachment can even accept nearly [-] people.

Coupled with the concerted efforts of various ministries such as Taihang and Taiyue.

The number of victims that the Eighth Route Army troops can help is not small.

According to the headquarters' plan, the number of local and foreign disaster victims who can be initially received and helped can reach about 20...

(End of this chapter)